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918544

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Language and Mathematics: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to 16-19 education providers of delivering resits in GCSE (a) English and (b) maths in each financial year since 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	150694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>Securing good standards of literacy and numeracy increases individual productivity, improves employment opportunities, and supports economic growth.</p><p> </p><p>From September 2013, all 16-19 year old students have been required to follow a study programme which since August 2014 has included a requirement, as a condition of funding, to continue the study of mathematics and English if the student does not already hold a GCSE grade 4 or above. Students with prior attainment of grade 3 enrol on GCSE courses; all other students may enrol on a range of courses to help them make progress in these subjects, including GCSEs or Functional Skills.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education has not made estimates of the costs to providers of delivering specific examinations. Rather, 16-19 education providers are funded for the overall study programmes that students take. These programmes include the provision of mathematics and English, where required. In 2015, we made a commitment to maintaining the 16-19 base rate at current levels until 2020.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to regular study programme funding of which mathematics and English provision is a part, in November 2017 we agreed to invest a further £40 million to help education providers improve basic mathematics teaching over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/06/2018 16:56:48 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 62739 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

917562

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurses: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have undertaken a nursing apprenticeship in the East of England in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	150035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The department has published a framework/standard tool which shows there have been 40,650 apprenticeship starts for the Health, Public Services and Care subject area in the 2017/18 academic year, reported to date in England: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a>.</p><p>We are wanting to increase the number of nursing apprenticeships and now have a complete apprentice pathway from entry level to postgraduate advanced clinical practice in nursing. This is a huge achievement in supporting people from all backgrounds to enter a nursing career in the National Health Service.</p><p>Registered Nurse (degree) apprenticeship standard was approved for delivery on 9 May 2017. There were 20 total starts on the Registered Nurse (degree) apprenticeship in the 2017/18 academic year, of which 10 were started in the East of England. There were no other starts reported for this standard in the 2016/17 academic year, or within the Essex or Hertfordshire local authorities.</p><p>We have also created a new programme for nursing associate apprentices to broaden the routes into the profession. 5,000 starts are planned in 2018, with a further 7,500 in 2019.</p><p>We are working closely with employers and Health Education England to make sure the National Health Service are fully supported to recruit apprentices, both in nursing and a range of other occupations.</p><p>We publish starts for training providers when data is finalised for the full academic year. There were no starts for the Princess Alexandra hospital as a training provider for 2016/17.</p><p>Provider data for 2016/17 is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables</a>. Data for 2017/18 will be published in November 2018.</p><p>We do not hold the information that we treat as the verified identity of an individual’s employer, so it is not possible to state how many apprentices were employed by the Princess Alexandra hospital.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 150032 150033 150034 question first answered 12/06/2018 16:44:19 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 62736 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

917683

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Hugh Ind
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) Minister for the Cabinet Office on the appointment of Mr Hugh Ind to lead the public sector apprenticeship strategy.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	149932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>I look forward to meeting Hugh Ind in the near future, following his Civil Service appointment in the Cabinet Office. His appointment will support our ambition to increase the number of apprentices the public sector employs and help it access the skills needed to deliver high quality public services. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has not had any discussions about this appointment.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/06/2018 16:28:35 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 62737 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

903730

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support more pathways from education into employment for young people.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	905264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">We are developing 15 prestigious technical routes that will set a clear pathway through apprenticeships and new flagship T level programmes to skilled employment for young people.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">High quality apprenticeships offer an excellent means of progression for many young people leaving education, giving them the skills valued by employers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">T levels are classroom based, level 3 study programmes and will provide a distinctive and rigorous technical alternative to A levels. A substantial, high-quality industry placement will be an essential part of each T level giving students the chance to put into practice the technical skills they have learned in the classroom.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Training and qualifications within the technical education routes are being designed and developed by employers - so that students can be confident they are getting the skills that employers need.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The reformed technical routes will ensure we unlock all the talents of young people across the country, no matter where they come from, and support them into strong, rewarding jobs and careers.</ins></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">We are developing 15 prestigious technical routes to set a clear pathway through apprenticeships and new flagship T levels to skilled employment for young people.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">We are working with employers to design the content for T levels, which will provide in future a distinctive and rigorous technical alternative to A levels.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">But apprenticeships must be of high quality. I am pleased that the move from the old frameworks to the new standards has seen the proportion of these apprenticeships in the number of all starts grow from 3% to 36% since last year.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">Traineeships for those most distant from the labour market are yielding good results. With two thirds progessing to positive destinations and reporting high levels of satifaction (82%). With 84% saying it helped them gain the skills they need.</del></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/05/2018 17:01:12 question first ministerially corrected 15/05/2018 09:26:10 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 57828 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

896442

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many leak enquiries his Department has undertaken in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	140585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The leak of any government information or material is not acceptable and the government takes such incidents very seriously.</p><p> </p><p>It has been the policy of successive governments not to comment on security matters other than in exceptional circumstances when it is in the public interest to do so.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/05/2018 16:33:14 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 56498 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

890342

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of his Department's invitations to tender have received no bidders in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	137443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>Since April 2016, DfE Commercial have managed in excess of 250 projects. Of these, there have been three projects for which we received no bids and a further two projects, which were split into geographical areas, for which one or more areas received no bids.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/05/2018 16:25:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 55681 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

890396

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils at free schools studied STEM subjects in each of last three years; what steps he is taking to encourage free schools to promote the study of STEM subjects in advance of the roll-out of T levels; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	137529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>We publish GCSE entries[1] in each subject of pupils at the end of key stage 4[2], by school type[3]. Entries in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects for 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 in free schools are provided in the table (attached).</p><p> </p><p>The number of students[4], who completed their 16-18 study in either a mainstream free school, or 16 to 19 free school, in 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 and entered[5] a STEM subject[6] during their 16-18 study are provided in the table[7] (attached):</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data broken down as vocational STEM qualifications. We publish exam entries by Ofqual sector subject area at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/types-of-regulated-qualifications/qualification-descriptions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/types-of-regulated-qualifications/qualification-descriptions</a>, and in the Statistical Release “ Revised A level and other 16-18 results” at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/types-of-regulated-qualifications/qualification-descriptions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/types-of-regulated-qualifications/qualification-descriptions</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Free schools, as academies, have the freedom to choose their own curriculum, providing that it meets the requirements of its funding agreement – for example that it is broad and balanced and includes English, maths and science. It is ultimately for schools to decide whether to offer particular qualifications.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to further increase the take-up of STEM subjects which are vital to the future economic health of the UK and can help boost earnings. This is why at Budget 2017 we announced an additional £406 million in education and skills, including maths, digital and technical education.</p><p>We have a number of programmes to improve the quality of STEM teaching in schools and to encourage increased engagement in STEM subjects at GCSE and A level. This includes a new £84 million programme to improve computing teaching, the national network of Science Learning Partnerships which provide training for science teachers, the Teaching for Mastery programme to improve the teaching of mathematics, and a new advanced maths premium to encourage more schools and colleges to teach pupils maths post-16. We are also investing in initiatives to recruit more high quality maths and physics teachers, including bursaries of up to £26,000 and scholarships of up to £28,000 to attract top graduates into teaching.</p><p>We are inviting our most selective maths universities to apply to open new specialist maths schools, to help more of our most mathematically able students to succeed in maths at top universities and pursue mathematically intensive careers. We are also encouraging the take up of STEM subjects through the University Technical College programme, which has an important role to play in our reforms to technical education.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures in line with early entry policy (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/676213/SFR01_2018_QualityandMethodology.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/676213/SFR01_2018_QualityandMethodology.pdf</a>).</p><p>[2] Pupils are identified as being at the end of key stage 4 if they were on roll at the school and in year 11 at the time of the January school census for that year. Age is calculated as at 31 August for that year, and the majority of pupils at the end of key stage 4 were age 15 at the start of the academic year. Some pupils may complete this key stage in an earlier or later year group.</p><p>[3] Tables available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4</a> in the subject tables for the revised publication in each year (‘S7a’ for 2015/16 and 2016/17 and ‘S4a’ for 2014/15).</p><p>[4] Covers students at the end of advanced level study who were aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of the academic year, i.e. 31 August.</p><p>[5] Where a student has made more than one entry in the same subject only one entry is counted: for example, if a student entered for two physics A levels in a reporting period only one of these entries is counted in the figures shown in this table.</p><p>[6] Figures for 2015/16 and 2016/17 cover maths, further maths, biological sciences, chemistry, physics and computer science A level entries during all years of 16-18 study (up to three years). Figures for earlier years cover maths and science A level entries in the final two years of advanced level study.</p><p>[7] It is not possible to directly compare figures across different years because of changes in discounting, the inclusion/exclusion of different qualifications, and changes to individual subjects.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton attachment 1 file name Entries in science, technology, engineering and maths subjects for 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 in free schools.docx title Entries_in_GCSE_STEM)subjects_in_free_schools 2 file name Students who entered a STEM subject during their 16-18 study.docx title Entries_in_A-level_STEM)subjects_in_free_schools question first answered 04/05/2018 13:49:05 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 55735 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

862246

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which external recruitment agencies are used by his Department's non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	132665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The Institute for Apprentices have used Gatenby Sanderson and the Office for the Children’s Commissioner have used Hays in this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/03/2018 16:29:05 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 48314 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

857775

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and (b) the Home Department on the changes to funding of Jisc for cyber security at Further Education Colleges.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	131676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The department funds Jisc to provide information and communications technology infrastructure and related services to further education colleges in England through the Janet computer network. We will continue to cover most of these costs when the college subscriptions are introduced.</p><p> </p><p>Jisc has developed its cyber-security capability over a number of years as an integral part of Janet. Any college using the network benefits from this capability. We have not discussed the revised funding arrangements with other departments.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/03/2018 17:47:56 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 47067 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

857854

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual budget for additional support in areas of disadvantage for apprenticeships was up to 1 May 2017, what proportion of that budget was spent; and what proportion of the budget since 1 May 2017 has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	131754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>There is no separate additional allocated budget for disadvantage funding support. Apprenticeships is a demand led programme, and we have forecast spending of up to £60 million to support training of individuals from disadvantaged areas, with no restrictions on starts from certain areas.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/03/2018 17:50:37 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 47065 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden